Saturday July 9, 10 AM
to 4 PM Commemoration of the 152nd Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Stevens, Fort Stevens, 13th and Quackenbos
Streets NW, Washington DC. Join the National Park Service for uniformed Civil
War military re-enactors, living history presentations, period music,
historical talks, walks, hikes, and Civil War era children's games &
crafts. Opening ceremony at 10 AM with music and an appearance by President
Abraham Lincoln. A musket firing demonstration at 11:30 AM will open the other
planned program events. Closing ceremony at 3:30 PM at Battleground National
Cemetery (Georgia Avenue NW between Van Buren & Whittier) will include a
wreath laying and the playing of taps to honor the Union soldiers, veterans of
the battle, who are buried there. FREE.
A timed program schedule will be
posted a few days before the event at https://www.nps.gov/cwdw/planyourvisit/anniversary-of-the-battle-of-fort-stevens.htm
Saturday, August 13, 2016, 10:00
AM-12:00 PM. Lincoln’s 1860 Election—An Open Discussion, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
1313 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The Lincoln Group of the District of
Columbia is sponsoring an open discussion of Lincoln’s 1860 Election including
his road to the Republican presidential nomination and his victory in the
November election. Comparisons to this year’s party nominations and
campaign will be explored with experienced LGDC Open Discussion leaders John
O’Brien, chair of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church History Committee,
and LGDC president John T. Elliff. The church’s History Committee is co-hosting
the event; and the sanctuary (Lincoln pew, stained glass window), Lincoln
Parlor (Emancipation document, Gurley portrait, desk and settee), and John
Quincy Adams Room (Mary Lincoln letters, Lincoln desk set, etc.) will be
available for viewing. The church was attended by the Lincoln family
beginning the Sunday after his Inauguration and throughout the remainder of his
life.
Members and nonmembers
are invited to participate in the discussion. The cost is $15 for LGDC and
church members and $20 for nonmembers. Nearest Metro stations are McPherson
Square and Metro Center; Saturday discount parking is available nearby. For
further information contact John T. Elliff, 703-360-1265, jtelliff@aol.com
AT THE MOVIES:
Free State of Jones. In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt
Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight
would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in
battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon
branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of
runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves
and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
Article from The New
York Times on the movie: “A Confederate Dissident, in a Film With
Footnotes.” Free State of Jones” results from the director Gary Ross’s research
into a Reconstruction story, and he has a website to prove it. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/movies/free-state-of-jones-a-film-with-footnotes.html
ON THE NET:
From the
Proceedings of the Natural Institute of Sciences: “The War Between the
Barbates: Facial hair of the commanders of the United States Civil War.”
http://pnis.co/vol2/h11.html
TOURS:
Saturday,
July 23, 9 AM – 5 PM, “In Much Need of Service”: Civil War Hospitals of First
Manassas Bus Tour. $80
per person (lunch included) On July 21, 1861, the first major battle of the
Civil War was fought along the banks of Bull Run. The horrors of battle did not
end for many men after the battle, but continued in hospitals that were set up
throughout the area. The tour visits the hospitals of Manassas & focuses on
medicine at the beginning of the Civil War, about the soldiers who were treated
in these hospitals, & about the families whose homes were taken over.
Ben Lomond Historic Site, 10321 Sudley Manor Drive, Manassas, VA 703-367-7872
